Xana is a
drag performer who competed on the
fifth season of ''
Canada's Drag Race
''Canada's Drag Race'' is a Canadian reality competition television series based on the American series ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' and is the Canadian edition of the ''Drag Race'' franchise, produced by Blue Ant Studios. In a similar format to t ...
''.
Career
Xana competed on the
fifth season of ''
Canada's Drag Race
''Canada's Drag Race'' is a Canadian reality competition television series based on the American series ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' and is the Canadian edition of the ''Drag Race'' franchise, produced by Blue Ant Studios. In a similar format to t ...
.
'' She impersonated
Bettie Page
Bettie Mae Page (April 22, 1923 – December 11, 2008) was an American model who gained notoriety in the 1950s for her pin-up model, pin-up photos.[Snatch Game
Snatch Game is a comedy challenge recurring across the ''Drag Race'' television franchise and a fixture of the reality competition series. Since the second season of the original American ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' series in 2010, the challenge ha ...]( ...<br></span></div> during the <div class=)
challenge. Xana was eliminated from the competition after placing in the bottom two of a design challenge and losing a
lip-sync
Lip sync or lip synch (pronounced , like the word ''sink'', despite the spelling of the participial forms ''synced'' and ''syncing''), short for lip synchronization, is a technical term for matching a speaking or singing person's lip movements ...
contest to
The Virgo Queen, placing sixth overall.
Personal life
Xana is based in Vancouver.
Xana and fellow contestant
Jaylene Tyme
Jaylene Tyme is the stage name of Jaylene McRae, a Canadian Drag (entertainment), drag queen who was profiled on the fourth season of ''Canada's a Drag.'' She then competed on the Canada's Drag Race season 5, fifth season of ''Canada's Drag Race,' ...
are a part of the
Métis
The Métis ( , , , ) are a mixed-race Indigenous people whose historical homelands include Canada's three Prairie Provinces extending into parts of Ontario, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and the northwest United States. They ha ...
Indigenous community. Jaylene Tyme gifted Xana a Métis
ceinture fléchée
The ' (French, 'arrowed sash') or ('arrow sash') is a type of colourful sash, a traditional piece of Québécois clothing linked to at least the 17th century (of the Lower Canada, Canada East and early confederation eras). The Métis also ado ...
on the second episode of ''Canada's Drag Race''. Xana is also
two-spirit
''Two-spirit'' (also known as ''two spirit'' or occasionally ''twospirited'', or abbreviated as ''2S'' or ''2E'', especially in Canada) is a umbrella term used by some Indigenous North Americans to describe Native people who fulfill a trad ...
.
Filmography
* ''
Canada's Drag Race
''Canada's Drag Race'' is a Canadian reality competition television series based on the American series ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' and is the Canadian edition of the ''Drag Race'' franchise, produced by Blue Ant Studios. In a similar format to t ...
'' (season 5; 2024–2025)
See also
*
LGBTQ culture in Vancouver
Vancouver's (British Columbia, Canada) LGBTQ community is centered on Davie Village. Commercial Drive has historically acted as a gayborhood for the Vancouver lesbian community. Historically, LGBTQ people have also gathered in the Chinatown an ...
*
List of drag queens
This is a list of drag queens, sometimes known as female impersonators, drag performers, or drag artists.
Performers
See also
* List of RuPaul's Drag Race contestants, List of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' contestants
* List of exóticos, ...
*
List of people from Vancouver
This is a list of notable people from, or who spent considerable time residing in, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
A
* Alistair Abell, actor
* Alison Acheson, writer
* Mark Acheson, voice actor
* Daniel Adair, musician and member of roc ...
References
Living people
21st-century Canadian LGBTQ people
Canada's Drag Race contestants
Canadian drag queens
Canadian Métis people
Drag performers from Vancouver
Indigenous drag performers of the Americas
Métis artists
Two-spirit people
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